R15 (Rodalies de Catalunya)
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| Overview | |
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| Service type | Regional rail |
| Status | Operational |
| Locale | Barcelona and Tarragona provinces |
| Predecessor | Ca3 |
| First service | 1 January 2010 (as R15) |
| Current operator(s) | Renfe Operadora |
| Route | |
| Start | Riba-roja d'Ebre[lower-alpha 1] |
| Stops | 32 |
| End | Barcelona Estació de França |
| Distance travelled | 184 km (114 mi) |
| Average journey time | 1 h 19 min–2 h 40 min |
| Service frequency | Every 1–2 h |
| Line(s) used | |
| Technical | |
| Rolling stock | 448 Series, 449 Series and 470 Series EMUs |
| Track gauge | 1,668 mm (5 ft 5 21⁄32 in) Iberian gauge |
| Electrification | 3,000 V DC overhead lines |
| Track owner(s) | Adif |
The R15 is a line of Rodalies de Catalunya's regional rail service, operated by Renfe Operadora. It runs southwards from the Barcelona area to the town of Riba-roja d'Ebre, passing through the Vallès Occidental, Baix Llobregat, Garraf, Baix Penedès, Camp de Tarragona, Baix Camp and Ribera d'Ebre regions. With a total line length of 184 kilometres (114 mi), it extends notably beyond the limits of the Barcelona metropolitan area, along the Mediterranean coast as well as further inland.
R15 trains run primarily on the Valencia−Sant Vicenç de Calders railway and Reus-Caspe-Zaragoza railway, using Riba-roja d'Ebre as their southernmost terminus, and Barcelona Estació de França as its northern one. They use the Aragó Tunnel in Barcelona, where they share tracks with Rodalies de Catalunya's Barcelona suburban lines R2, R2 Nord and R2 Sud and regional rail lines R11, R13, R14, R16 and R17, calling at Sants and Passeig de Gràcia stations,[1] while they continue to share tracks with Barcelona commuter rail service R2 Sud as far as Sant Vicenç de Calders, and with the Tarragona commuter rail services RT2 and RT1 from Tarragona to Sant Vicenç de Calders and Reus, respectively.
History[edit]
The current line scheme of the R15 started operating on 1 January 2010, after the transfer of the services from Media Distancia Renfe to the Generalitat of Catalonia. Earlier, all the regional rail services carrying out the line Barcelona-Tarragona-Riba-roja d'Ebre were branded as Ca3 for the Catalan rail division, and 36 in the nationwide regional rail network.
Infrastructure[edit]
Like the rest of Rodalies de Catalunya lines, the R15 runs on the Iberian gauge mainline railway system, which is owned by Adif, an agency of the Spanish government. All of the railway lines carrying Rodalies de Catalunya services are electrified at 3,000 volts (V) direct current (DC) using overhead lines. The R15 operates on a total line length of 184 kilometres (114 mi), which is entirely double-track, except for the single-track section between Reus and Riba-roja d'Ebre stations. The trains on the line call at up to 32 stations, using the following railway lines, in order from south to north:[2]
| From | To | Railway line | Route number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riba-roja d'Ebre (PK 504.2) | Reus (PK 579.5) | Reus-Caspe-Zaragoza | 210 |
| Reus (PK 579.5) | Tarragona (PK 594) | Tarragona-Lleida | 230 |
| Tarragona (PK 594) | Sant Vicenç de Calders (PK 618) | Valencia−Sant Vicenç de Calders | 600 |
| Sant Vicenç de Calders (PK 618) | Barcelona Sants (PK 677.6) | Madrid–Barcelona | 200 |
| Barcelona Sants (PK 99) | Barcelona Estació de França (PK 106.6) | Madrid–Barcelona | 260 |
List of stations[edit]
The following table lists the name of each station served by line R15 in order from south to north; the station's service pattern offered by R15 trains; the transfers to other Rodalies de Catalunya lines, including both commuter and regional rail services; remarkable transfers to other transport systems; the municipality in which each station is located; and the fare zone each station belongs to according to the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM Àrea de Barcelona) fare-integrated public transport system and Rodalies de Catalunya's own fare zone system for Barcelona commuter rail service lines.[3][4]
| # | Terminal of a service |
| * | Transfer station to other transport systems |
| #* | Transfer station and terminal |
| ● | Station served by all trains running through it |
| ○ | Limited service station |
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Xarxa Rodalies de Catalunya" [Rodalies de Catalunya System] (PDF) (Map). Rodalies de Catalunya (in Catalan). Generalitat of Catalonia. Retrieved 7 August 2015.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Listado de líneas y estaciones" [List of railway lines and stations] (PDF) (in español). Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Government of Spain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Integrated Railway Network (PDF) (Map). Autoritat del Transport Metropolità. August 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
- ↑ "Servei de rodalia de Barcelona" [Barcelona commuter rail service] (PDF) (Map). Rodalies de Catalunya (in Catalan). Generalitat of Catalonia. 20 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2015. Unknown parameter
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External links[edit]
- Rodalies de Catalunya official website
- Schedule for the R15 (PDF format)
- Official Twitter accounts by Rodalies de Catalunya for lines R15 with service status updates (tweets usually published only in Catalan)
- Geographic data related to R15 at OpenStreetMap
- R15 (rodalia 15) on Twitter. Unofficial Twitter account by Rodalia.info monitoring real-time information about the R16 by its users.
- Information about the R15 at trenscat.cat Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist.
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